C.F. Esperança de Lagos

Clube de Futebol Esperança de Lagos (abbreviated as CF Esperança de Lagos or CF Esperança Lagos), usually referred to as Esperança de Lagos, is a Portuguese football club based in Lagos in the Algarve. CF Esperança de Lagos currently plays in the Campeonato de Portugal, which is the fourth tier of Portuguese football and they play their home matches at the Municipal de Lagos in Lagos. The club is affiliated to Associação de Futebol do Algarve and has competed in the AF Algarve Taça. It has also entered the national cup competition known as Taça de Portugal on many occasions.

History
The club was founded in 1912 as Esperança F.C. and became the delegation number 2 of Sporting Clube de Portugal (Sporting CP). This formal link with the Lisbon-based sports club was eventually terminated by the board of Esperança de Lagos in the post-war era.

As a child, Eric Dier spent a year living in Lagos where he briefly played in the youth football team of Esperança de Lagos before moving to Lisbon and joining the Sporting CP Youth Academy.

Honours

 * Terceira Divisão: 1982–83
 * AF Algarve 1ª Divisão: 2008–09

Notable former managers

 * Fernando Cabrita